"The fundamental mission of motherhood now is the same as it always was: to nurture, protect, and instruct children, to create a home environment that enables them to learn and grow, to help them develop a heart for God and his purposes, and to send them out into the world prepared to live both fully and meaningfully."

-Sally Clarkson from the Mission of Motherhood

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Luke's wedding


Where to even BEGIN? The pictures will tell the story, but Luke and Caroline got married in one of the most BEAUTIFUL places I have ever been. Camp Waldemar (in Hunt, TX) is set on the Guadalupe river. We couldn't have asked for better weather!

I apologize that the pictures are in random order. By the time I got all the pictures wrangled from my camera, Dad's, Julia's, and other family members (THANK YOU so much!), it got a little out of control. I was so glad everyone else took such great pictures because I wasn't able to take as many as I'd liked.

Annnnnnnnnnnnyway...here we go:
We kicked off the weekend by rolling in just in time (well, actually a little late) for the Bridesmaids' luncheon on Friday at lunchtime. Caroline gave AnnMarie this shirt which she did not want to take off the entire weekend!!

The rehearsal dinner was so much fun. A BBQ outside. Here is Liz (Caroline's younger sister--and our wonderful babysitter!) with their new nephew, Hubbard.
Mom and Dad


Gramps, my aunt Beverly, and Mimi


My sweet Jurgensen cousins, Cathleen, Cassie, and Carrie
(p.s. No, we did not plan our corral-y pink dresses!) :)


Friday and Saturday before our events we had some time to play in the river---it was FREEZING at first, so you just had to jump in!


And we kayaked...


Interesting fact...my grandfather's middle name is...WALDEMAR (I think it means woods by the sea in German?)


Cousin Alex and AM at the softball game


The happy couple at the rehearsal dinner


My cousin Jude canoeing



Cousin Tatum and AM

The three babies of the wedding! Brooks and Julia, Hubbard and Sarah (Caroline's oldest sister), and us

little darlins

like i said, out of order! presenting Mr. and Mrs. Luke Jurgensen!

AnnMarie did such a great job standing with us for the whole wedding. (although we did have a few moments when I was wondering if her patience would last...:)

My mom and her siblings at the game (the traditional birth order pic)

Deborah, Bev, Janie, Susie, Marvin, Julianne

The three Maries!

Mrs. Dianne worked her magic to get Clarky to sleep!

The beautimous cake! I thought it echoed the look of her dress.

Check out the cute grooms cake. Perfect for Waldemar!

Dad caught this special moment===the groomsmen praying over LJ. love it!

Beautiful Caroline! Ready and waiting!

(btw--her dress and veil were her mom's---so neat!)

Mama and her little flower girl

Serene!

Love this family of four pic! Thanks, Dad!

First dance!

...and off to Turks and Caicos they went!

Love you, Luke and Line! We're so thankful for you!!

9 comments:

MLP said...

WOW!!! AMAZING! What a gorgeous wedding and all gorgeous people. Looked like so much fun!!! You and AM look beautiful.........as usual!!!

LOVE the one of you in the kayak!!!

Katy's Neverending Story said...

How beautiful! Congrats to Luke!
(And you've given me hope- my flower girl is 4, and we're thinking she's going to be the "wild card" element of the ceremony!!)

Kimberly said...

How special!! What a beautiful ceremony and the details of the cakes and the color and everything you shared just seems wonderful. And I love the Team t-shirts.

Caryn said...

Sigh...how perfect!! Such a BEAUTIFUL bride and groom and wedding...and your little four pack looks AMAZING too!! I feel like you have had weddings and events right and left lately! Very fun I love all the little details. The Team Jurgensen T-Shirts were a nice touch :) Congrats to Luke...even though he really is just about 8 years old.

shannonmichaelis said...

I have to remember all I was thinking when I as looking at that post - love the groomscake, AM looks SO OLD, you look great in green, love the softball memories, how fun she wore her mom's dress and veil, Clark with so much hair!, softball game is genius, and I still can;t get over how many siblings your mom has. So fun, yet so sad, your baby bro is now a married man. When did he grow up? Love you friend!

rackersfamily said...

what a perfect place to have wedding. everything is so beautiful... and i love the little details... cutest grooms cake ever. and how sweet that she wore her mom's dress... love that AM was the flower girl... what a fun memory and you did a great job documenting it.

Shannon said...

Wow, Wow, Wubsy.....AMAZING! Katy - you look BEAUTIFUL and that AM in her precious dress looks just as stunning. You guys are just all so so pretty! (even Go Sean and Clarky!) These are such great pictures and the wedding was perfect!

angie said...

AHHHH these pictures are A-MA-ZING!! What a fun weekend. YOu look beautiful and so does the rest of your Svoboda gang. I bet you were so proud of sweet AM! I love the outdoor wedding, the cakes, the dresses, the jerseys, and the baby boys in knee socks! Seioulsy awesome wedding. I can't believe he's old enough to be married.
Strange how I haven't aged a day!!!

Sally said...

oh katy. i am speechless!!
1. i cannot believe his wedding has come and gone!! i remember when he got engaged!!! it looked sooo gorgeous and amazing, what a fun and special weekend for your family!!
2. you look amazing! ok...i offically need a katy fix.
3. WOW - AM just looks so grown up and beautiful in these pics... i can't believe how stunning she is becoming!!! (and i am SOOO telling my sis about that flower girl shirt! her 'lil flower girl would LOVE that and eat it up with a spoon just like AM did!)
4. ok, i think i am done with my comments... it's obvious that i miss you and i think it's too funny that I am getting updated on your life through your blog. ahhh, we are too busy. :)

hugs!!
Sal